Frank·en·stein

noun

/ˈfræŋkənstaɪn/

(also Frankenstein’s monster, Frankenstein monster)

used to talk about something that somebody creates or invents that goes out of control and becomes dangerous, often destroying the person who created it失控的受造物（常毁灭创造者）
- The organization has now become a Frankenstein monster beyond the control of the people who created it.该组织现在已经成为一个弗兰肯斯坦怪物，超出了创建者的控制范围。
- If you were going to do a Frankenstein and put a swimmer together from scratch, you would build Michael Phelps.如果你要从头开始制作一个弗兰肯斯坦并组装一个游泳运动员，你会建造迈克尔·菲尔普斯。
- Can genetic engineering shake off its Frankenstein image?基因工程能否摆脱弗兰肯斯坦的形象？
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Expressions from literary sources
- Alice in Wonderland
- Casanova
- Cassandra
- Don Juan
- Dorian Gray
- Falstaffian
- Frankenstein
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Lilliputian
- Lothario
- Orwellian
- Pandora’s box
- Peter Pan
- Pied Piper
- Pollyanna
- Rip Van Winkle
- Ruritanian
- Scrooge
- Shangri-La
- Sherlock
- Stepford Wife
- Svengali
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- Utopia
- Walter Mitty
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Word OriginFrom the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in which a scientist called Frankenstein makes a creature from pieces of dead bodies and brings it to life.

单词	frankenstein
释义	Frank·en·stein noun /ˈfræŋkənstaɪn/ /ˈfræŋkənstaɪn/ (also Frankenstein’s monster, Frankenstein monster) used to talk about something that somebody creates or invents that goes out of control and becomes dangerous, often destroying the person who created it失控的受造物（常毁灭创造者） The organization has now become a Frankenstein monster beyond the control of the people who created it.该组织现在已经成为一个弗兰肯斯坦怪物，超出了创建者的控制范围。 If you were going to do a Frankenstein and put a swimmer together from scratch, you would build Michael Phelps.如果你要从头开始制作一个弗兰肯斯坦并组装一个游泳运动员，你会建造迈克尔·菲尔普斯。 Can genetic engineering shake off its Frankenstein image?基因工程能否摆脱弗兰肯斯坦的形象？ More Like This Expressions from literary sourcesExpressions from literary sources Alice in Wonderland Casanova Cassandra Don Juan Dorian Gray Falstaffian Frankenstein Jekyll and Hyde Lilliputian Lothario Orwellian Pandora’s box Peter Pan Pied Piper Pollyanna Rip Van Winkle Ruritanian Scrooge Shangri-La Sherlock Stepford Wife Svengali Tweedledum and Tweedledee Utopia Walter Mitty Topics Dangerc2 Word OriginFrom the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in which a scientist called Frankenstein makes a creature from pieces of dead bodies and brings it to life.
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